Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a casual manner; accidentally; fortuitously; without design; by chance: as, to meet a person casually; to remark casually.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Without design; accidentally; fortuitously; by chance; occasionally.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
casual manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an unconcerned manner
- adverb not methodically or according to plan
Etymologies
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Examples
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He also knew a great deal about history, which he used in his "Time Patrol" stories—the one here has a title casually truncated from Cato, "Delenda Est" the missing Latin word is "Carthago".
Attack of the Classics Tom Shippey 2011
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She says her name casually enough to leave no question of it being anything other than ironic.
The Comeback Season Jennifer E. Smith 2008
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She says her name casually enough to leave no question of it being anything other than ironic.
The Comeback Season Jennifer E. Smith 2008
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She says her name casually enough to leave no question of it being anything other than ironic.
The Comeback Season Jennifer E. Smith 2008
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She says her name casually enough to leave no question of it being anything other than ironic.
The Comeback Season Jennifer E. Smith 2008
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Joyce grinned, her expression casually questioning.
Prime Evil Diana G. Gallagher 2001
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In the 10 minutes before the doors hissed me back out into the cold I heard the word casually piped, murmured and drawled three dozen or more times, by smooth-cheeked young bairns and well-kempt old men.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Tim Moore 2012
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In the 10 minutes before the doors hissed me back out into the cold I heard the word casually piped, murmured and drawled three dozen or more times, by smooth-cheeked young bairns and well-kempt old men.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Tim Moore 2012
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Drew Dernavich: When most people talk about "sopping" gravy they use the term casually, unaware that it is a highly technical maneuver for eating food.
The New Yorker 2009
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Not the formal concept as defined by many Indian religions (and I mean no disrespect by using the term casually) but the idea that if you do good things, good things will happen to you, and if you do bad things, well, bad things will happen.
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